NRC approves Safkeg-LS 6M replacement package
This Web site describes two new packages developed by Croft Associates for use in the US: the Safkeg-LS which is a 6M replacement, and the Safkeg-HS which is a 20WC1 replacement.
The NRC approved the Safkeg-LS Model #3979A with the issue of certificate USA/9337/B(U)-96 in January 2011.
This is the first general purpose Type B package to be approved by the NRC for many years and is now the only package currently approved for contents which in the past have been shipped in the DOT Spec 6M package for which the DOT package authorization expired on October 1st, 2008.
The Safkeg-LS was developed by Croft for the University of Missouri for shipping radioisotopes produced by the MU research reactor: these radioisotopes are used principally in a variety of medical applications including diagnostic kits and cancer-fighting radiopharmaceuticals.
“We will be using the Safkeg-LS to transport bulk
amounts of a variety of radioactive materials used
to formulate radiopharmaceuticals for cancer therapies.
In addition, we will use the Safkeg-LS for shipments
of a wide range of research radioisotopes across the
globe and it will allow us to expand into occasional
shipments of limited quantities of fissile materials.”
Michael Flagg, MURR
